A Ocorrência do rotacismo em três cidades Alagoanas

Abstract

This research aims to identify the realization of rhotacism in the speech of adults over 60 years old, all residents of the state of Alagoas. The rhotacism in the Portuguese language is characterized by the proximity of two phonemes in the articulation: the tepe and the lateral. Therefore, they are identical in terms of articulation and voicing, but they differ in the mode of articulation, which happens by changing the ‘l’ to the ‘r’. Although it suffers from possible stigmatization, such phonetic phenomenon does not impair the interlocutor's understanding, being just another dialectal variation identified in Brazilian Portuguese. THE work is based on Variationist Sociolinguistics, with the contribution of linguists such as Bagno (2005), Bortoni (2005), Faraco (2008) and others. THE research analyzes interviews carried out in three cities in Alagoas and the incidence of rhotacism in the data collected.